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Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon is a 1997 adventure video game, written by Paulo Coelho, who wrote The Pilgrimage, the novel on which the game is based. Pilgrim has been described as a "commercial cultural heritage game" and "graphic interactive fiction". It is the premiere title of Arxel Tribe and the first in The Paulo Coelho trilogy, which also includes The Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin (1999) and The Secrets of Alamut (2001). The game is loosely based on Paulo Coelho's 1987 autobiographical novel The Pilgrimage. It is a time of superstition and religious persecution, where Catharism reigns supreme. Set at the beginning of the Albigensian Crusade (1208) in the south of France, the story sees Simon Lancroix aim to complete his dying father's wishes by finding a secret manuscript and delivering it to a friend named Petrus. It is revealed that this is actually a Coptic manuscript that a renegade Templar brought back from the Crusades; it is believed to be the lost Gospel of Saint Jean. This manuscript is passed around to various characters in different locations. Meanwhile, Pope Innocent III orders the inquisitor, Diego de Osma, to retrieve the manuscript. Mystical creatures such as angels and demons also become entangled in the battle. The first half of the game sees the player complete a series of tasks to help other characters. They in turn help the player. Halfway through the game, the player meets Petrus. He reveals that the player's father was the leader of a fictional religious sect called "The Tradition", which aims to bring an absolute truth that no other religion can. From this point the game covers symbolic, spiritual, and supernatural philosophies such as dreams, peace, compassion, love, salvation, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, growing up and giving up, and re-learning what we knew as children; the final scene takes place in Limbo. Pilgrim is a first-person point-and-click adventure. Players click through a series of static frames—a slideshow of pre-rendered 3D environments—to move around. The player is not free of their movements and must often strategically click screen points in a certain order to reach a destination. The cursor becomes an arrow to indicate a possible movement, and a click transitions the player to the next location. It is possible to die in the game; one cause of death includes the player failing to accomplish certain time-dependent challenges. If the player dies they are returned to the beginning of the latest checkpoint, often after a cutscene. There are also two unwinnable states. One of them occurs if the player gives all their money to a beggar in Toulouse, in spite of needing it to go past the very next door. The player is encouraged to "save early, save often". The game's final puzzle has been described as "no less than an exam about what you're supposed to have learned". The game comes with two discs, which are required to install the game; regardless of where the player is Disc 1 must be inserted every time they boot up the game. The "Inventory" interface has three elements. "Bag" is used for acquired items The number of items and the weight a player can carry are limited. "People" contains the characters the player has encountered, knows about, or wants information on. "Items" has the objects which have been seen or heard about but not acquired. "People" and "Items" of interest can be brought up as topics of conversation with others. To use an item in "Bag", the player clicks on it to activate it (it then has a yellow box around it), then clicks "View". To offer a topic of discussion, the player clicks on an item in the "People" or "Items" tabs to activate it. They then click on a character in the "View" screen to talk about it. The puzzles require both reflection and patience. The "Bag" items and the clues within the "Encyclopedia" can be applied and mani[CENSORED]ted to solve puzzles thereby advancing the story. The latter is similar to how the Chronopedia in used in the Broderbund adventure game Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time. The game has a hint system to provide clues for the more obscure puzzles. The entries in the in-game "Encyclopedia" have been described as "spartan", consisting exclusively of text. Sometimes when a character mentions a topic that is available in the "Encyclopedia" during a conversation. A keyword will appear on the screen which may then be clicked to bring up the corresponding entry. While not required, this feature allows the player to delve deeper into the interesting historical nuggets featured throughout the game. The player has an in-game notebook, into which they may copy-paste extracts from the "Encyclopedia".

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Talented landscape photographer Michael Shainblum has put together a helpful tutorial that shows you two ways to dodge and burn your landscape photos depending on how selective you want to be. First, he shows you how to use the proper blend modes—Soft Light is recommended, Overlay for a punchier look—to paint over the highlights and shadows of your image and add some pop to your landscapes. This is the broader approach, but it works well and it won’t take you much time. Then, he shows you how you can use a Curves adjustment layer instead of (or in addition to) the first technique to mask in the specific amount of contrast that you would like in your particular image. This gives you two levels of control—the curves adjustment itself, and the opacity of your brush as you paint over the mask—and by using multiple Curves layers, you can target specific parts of the image that need more refining. Neither technique is terribly complicated. However, if you follow these steps, the final effect on your images can be dramatic, and is well-worth the additional post-processing effort. Shainblum uses both techniques in his work, depending on the needs of that particular photograph and the quality of the light. In the video, he applies these techniques to two different images. The first is a waterfall photo where there’s only diffused light without much directionality or specific color to the light. The second is a sunset shot where he shows you how he approaches dodging and burning when there’s a lot of directionality and a specific tone to the light in your image.

Am I happy? I like to start with some yes or no questions to assess how I feel. I don’t spend too much time answering these — I know that my first response is usually my truest one. Am I grateful? I remind myself all the time to appreciate what I have. This question prompts me to do that. Do I like my job? We spend most of our time at work, so it’s important to feel good about what we do. Do I feel good? When I’m in a good mental and emotional place, I’m better equipped to connect with the people in my life. That’s why I work on my own energy before trying to help others. What new things am I learning? If I don’t have a good answer for this one, I know it’s time to make a change. When I’m not learning, I’m not growing, and when I’m not growing, I feel frustrated and weak. Where is my career going? I want to wake up excited every day for what’s ahead. Some advice: If you can’t identify your long-term goals, start thinking about them. You don’t need to know exactly what you want to do, but you should have an idea of the direction you want to take. How meaningful is my work? This is very simple: I want to feel like my work matters. How can I get better at what I do? The better I become at what I do, the bigger impact I can make, which leads to both more satisfaction and more income. What’s my number-one priority right now? I probably ask myself this question every day. When we focus on too many things at the same time, we don’t make much progress at all. How can I achieve that number-one priority more quickly? This question is not about being impatient — it’s about being creative. Imagining how I might achieve my goals faster pushes me to come up with new ways to get better results. What tasks should I stop doing? We all waste time. It’s important to identify the tasks that distract you from your real goals, and stop doing them. What tasks am I procrastinating? We all waste time. It’s important to identify the tasks that distract you from your real goals, and stop doing them. How can I help one person today? My life has more meaning when I do something generous with my time. A simple gesture is enough. I might decide to call a family member, or cheer up a friend. What questions am I not asking myself? This list of questions will always be changing - because I myself am always changing. Try coming up with a list of your own, and then bring it out every month or so. After a while, you may just find that your life is better simply because you took the time to ask yourself how things were going.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged another foreign government to probe Joe Biden and his son Thursday, saying the Chinese government should investigate the former vice president and son Hunter Biden over the latter's involvement with an investment fund that raised money in the country. "China should start an investigation into the Bidens because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened with Ukraine," Trump told reporters outside the White House. While Trump said he hasn't requested Chinese President Xi Jinping investigate the Bidens, the public call mirrors the private behavior on which Democrats are partially basing their impeachment inquiry — using the office of the presidency to press a foreign leader to investigate a political rival. It is "certainly something we can start thinking about, because I’m sure that President Xi does not like being on that kind of scrutiny, where billions of dollars is taken out of his country by a guy that just got kicked out of the Navy," Trump said Thursday of asking China to probe the Bidens. "He got kicked out of the Navy, all of the sudden he’s getting billions of dollars. You know what they call that? They call that a payoff." The U.S. in the midst of a tense trade war with China. The president, discussing progress on negotiations with Beijing on a possible trade agreement just moments prior to his remarks about the Bidens, told reporters that "if they don't do what we want, we have tremendous power.” Chinese officials will be in Washington next week in another attempt to revive talks, Trump said. Trump, seeking to expand his corruption accusations against the Bidens beyond Ukraine, has in recent days repeatedly accused Hunter Biden of using a 2013 trip on Air Force Two with his father, then the vice president, to procure $1.5 billion from China for a private equity fund he had started. Prior to Thursday, Trump had not called for an investigation of the matter. The White House declined to comment on Trump's remarks. Despite Trump's accusations, there has been no evidence of corruption on the part of the former vice president or his son. In a statement, Biden's deputy campaign manager and communications director, Kate Bedingfield, said the president "is flailing and melting down on national television, desperately clutching for conspiracy theories that have been debunked and dismissed by independent, credible news organizations." "As Joe Biden forcefully said last night, the defining characteristic of Donald Trump's presidency is the ongoing abuse of power. What Donald Trump just said on the South Lawn of the White House was this election's equivalent of his infamous 'Russia, if you're listening' moment from 2016 — a grotesque choice of lies over truth and self over the country," Bedingfield said. Trump, during a 2016 campaign rally, encouraged the country to meddle in the 2016 election by trying to access Hillary Clinton’s emails, saying, "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation found that within hours of Trump's invitation, Russian military intelligence initiated a hack against Clinton's office. Trump and his allies have said he wasn't serious when he made the comment. In pushing back on Trump, Biden's campaign previously pointed to a fact-check from The Washington Post that found Trump's claims false while tracing the origins of the $1.5 billion figure to a 2018 book published by conservative author Peter Schweizer. In addition, Hunter Biden’s spokesman, George Mesires, told NBC News previously that Hunter Biden wasn’t initially an “owner” of the company and has never gotten paid for serving on the board. He said Hunter Biden didn’t acquire an equity interest in the fund until 2017, after his father had left office. And when he did, he put in only about $420,000 — a 10 percent interest. That puts the total capitalization of the fund at the time at about $4.2 million — a far cry from the $1.5 billion that Trump has alleged. Trump also said Thursday that he still wants Ukraine to conduct “a major investigation” into Joe and Hunter Biden.

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Republican Dan Bishop beat Democrat Dan McCready in a special election in North Carolina's 9th District, an outcome that, given the clear Republican lean of the suburban Charlotte district, should have been a lay-up for the GOP. Bishop won by 2 points after both national parties spent more than $10 million in the district. That Bishop won -- whether by two votes, 2 points or 20 points -- averts what would have been an absolute panic within the GOP conference had he come up short. Politics is, at its essence, about winning and losing -- and when you have a party coming off as sweeping a defeat as House Republicans suffered in 2018, it's always a good thing to wind up on the victorious side of the ledger. But it is also true that Bishop's victory -- and the way in which it was achieved -- should still be read as a warning sign for a party that is dealing with a very unpo[CENSORED]r President and a decidedly unsettled political environment. Consider: 1) President Donald Trump won this seat by 12 points in 2016. Mitt Romney won it by 10. A Democrat hasn't represented this area in Congress since the 1960s. 2) There are 34 seats currently held by Republican incumbents where Trump won by less in 2016 than he did in North Carolina's 9th. 3) National Republicans will not be able to spend multiple millions next November to save every seat with the political profile of the North Carolina seat. "To be clear: a ~2% Bishop (R) victory in #NC09, a district that voted for Trump by 12%, is still bad news for the House GOP overall," tweeted David Wasserman, the House editor for the non-partisan political handicapping site the Cook Report. "It won't do anything to convince House Rs undecided about seeking reelection in 2020 that they're in position to win back the majority." Now, it is also true that Republicans faced unique challenges in the 9th -- due to the fact that the 2018 result was thrown out due to widespread alleged absentee ballot fraud by a consultant affiliated with the Republican nominee's campaign. That isn't something they will need to deal with in the vast majority of other competitive districts in the country.

Before we start adding our own text effect, let's briefly take a look what Word offers us in the Text Effect and Typography drop-down menu on the Home tab on the ribbon. There are 15 pre-defined text effects with different outlines, fills, and shadow effects, and some of the presets also include 3D effects. The colors of those presets always reflect the selected color theme. You can jump to the Design tab and select a different color scheme from the Colors drop-down menu. Jump back to the Home tab, open the Text Effects and Typography drop-down menu, and it should look a bit different. This is nice, but unfortunately there's no way to adjust those presets. The items in this list cannot be edited or deleted, and you cannot add new presets. Those 15 presets can be helpful if you need a nice looking header and you only have two minutes of your time, but you will learn nothing new about the text effects just by using them. Body Text vs. a Text Box The text can be placed in a document in two different ways. The usual way is to create a new document and start typing. We can call this type of text "body text". While the text effects can be added to this body text quite easily, they are limited, and thus using body text is not a preferred option. The second way is to use a Text Box object and write into this text box. To insert a new Text Box, select Insert > Shapes > Text Box, and draw a new text box the same way you draw for example a rectangle. The text placed inside a text box has several advantages. It can be moved around the document freely without any restrictions (even off the document or over the margins), and it can be rotated. Moreover, some additional text effects like the 3D rotate options are available. If you do not like the default appearance of the text box—especially the white fill and the black outline—both can be easily set to none on the Format tab. Use the Shape Fill and the Shape Outline drop-down menus.

Most of your Word documents are likely set in standard, drab Times New Roman or Calibri typography, perhaps with the occasional cheesy Word Art thrown in for variety. Yet Word actually includes a number of text effect tools that give you everything you need to make beautiful art from your words. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create the cool text effects you want in every modern version of Microsoft Word, using its advanced type and typography formatting features. Once you’re done, you’ll know the tricks that I used to make Word templates that look great. How to Make a Stylish Text Effect in MS Word (Quick Video) In this quick screencast video, you'll learn how to go beyond default Word Art options and make a cool text effect in Microsoft Word, using text formatting tools to create stylish typography: For more detailed information on how to make beautiful Word text effects, review the step-by-step instructions below. How to Make MS Word Text Effects (Step by Step) Learn how to apply both standard text effects and more advanced options inside Microsoft Word’s Format pane, such as Drop Shadow and Reflection. Discover how to transform your text into cool typography art. Let's get started: Set Up a New Page in MS Word Start by creating a new document by either clicking File > New or pressing the Control-N shortcut. To set properties like the page orientation and the page size, jump into the Layout tab. If you plan to print your document and you already know the final paper size, it is important to set it as a first step. Why? Microsoft Word lets you easily scale any object, but some properties, like the outline width, remain unchanged. Font size also stays the same during the resizing, and has to be updated manually. Working in the final paper size right from the beginning helps save time in the future. There are two things you need to know about the Layout tab before we set the final page size values. First, the Size drop-down menu contains only the paper sizes which are possible to print with the currently selected printer. In other words, you cannot set an A3 paper size when your printer can only print up to A4 documents. To fix that, you can jump to the File > Print menu and change the printer to a different one for a second, for example the Microsoft XPS Document Writer, which is a "virtual printer" that only saves files locally to your computer.